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not much going on for romney. wisconsin is a state where if they were going to crack the midwest code given what was happening with ohio they thought they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold. if you look at the level of demographic change in wisconsin it is quite startling according to the population survey data. 3 point increase in share of minority voters and college graduates and 7 point decline among white on college voters eligible voters. these are huge changes that go exactly against what is in the interests of the romney team. maybe they thought if they nominated paul ryan they could take advantage of what they believed to be massive culturally conservative white working-class voter but doesn't seem to be happening. they are making some progress among white working-class voters according to the pole and some progress among college graduates but nowhere close to what is needed to take the state. they are not able to master the state in the face of demographic change and demographic patterns. fl
not much going on for romney. wisconsin is a state where if they were going to crack the midwest code given what was happening with ohio they thought they could do it in wisconsin. the problem is twofold. if you look at the level of demographic change in wisconsin it is quite startling according to the population survey data. 3 point increase in share of minority voters and college graduates and 7 point decline among white on college voters eligible voters. these are huge changes that go...
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romney supports, so i can call it the romney-ryan budget ou or the ryan-romney ought about, if you do that if you make over $1 million a year, you're going to get nearly $400,000 a year in new tax cuts. think about it. that takes your breath away. $129,000 in the bush tax cuts would be extended, plus an additional $265,000 that would be in the ryan budget. now, you know, madam president, we hear a lot about entitlements. going to cut entitlements, cut entitlements, and i will refer to that more in my continuing remarks. but this is an entitlement. think about it. if you make over $1 million a year, you're entitled to that. you don't have to do anything else. don't have to jump through any hopes, don't have to show any hurt, anything else. it's just if you make over $1 million, you're entitled to it. how about this entitlement:, the republicans always can't to make to seems seem that entitlements only go to poor people. or the elderly. or children. they talk about medicaid as an entitlement. what about this? this is an entitlement to those who are rich, an entitlement. well, so how do
romney supports, so i can call it the romney-ryan budget ou or the ryan-romney ought about, if you do that if you make over $1 million a year, you're going to get nearly $400,000 a year in new tax cuts. think about it. that takes your breath away. $129,000 in the bush tax cuts would be extended, plus an additional $265,000 that would be in the ryan budget. now, you know, madam president, we hear a lot about entitlements. going to cut entitlements, cut entitlements, and i will refer to that more...
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mitt romney says he paid 13%. again, because mitt romney is not releasing taxes to shut up the critics, it leaves speculation and what people dream up can be worse than what's in the actual documents. doesn't seem like he'll be releasing taxes soon, and so it doesn't seem like democrats stop bringing up the issue, but it could be an issue because it's not going away. >> host: released two years of taxes, but no further. that's what he said as far as taxes are concerned. >> guest: democrats said we want ten, but what about five? as they continue to lower the bar and mitt romney says no way. it, i don't think -- i think it raises more question. >> host: maryland, jeff, republican line. >> caller: hello? >> host: you're on, sir, go ahead. >> caller: i -- it always said paul ryan is a deficit hog, but where was paul ryan in the bush administration when republicans was spending more money. where is the job for the tax cut in the bush administration? this is troubling so much. >> guest: i mean, paul ryan really did it b
mitt romney says he paid 13%. again, because mitt romney is not releasing taxes to shut up the critics, it leaves speculation and what people dream up can be worse than what's in the actual documents. doesn't seem like he'll be releasing taxes soon, and so it doesn't seem like democrats stop bringing up the issue, but it could be an issue because it's not going away. >> host: released two years of taxes, but no further. that's what he said as far as taxes are concerned. >> guest:...
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matt romney is solid, stayed in everything -- every single that has come out of the romney is that they are not going to go that route there, but they're going to pick a governing choice, someone who will be seen as capable of becoming president in the event that something happened if president romney were to win. so i think were looking at a quite different model, influenced both by the problems that occurred four years ago, but also the difference between the two nominees. >> high, 90 watch her come in journal from washington, texas. i was wondering how to access media coverage has affected the other important political topics. >> i'm sorry -- >> health care, how the fact that other important topics such as energy and educational reforms and things like that. >> well, sometime this summer were going to have health care convoy back to the presidential campaign to the supreme court hands down at decision on the health care law. health care was a significant fact they are in shaping public attitudes about president obama. it was a combination of the stimulus package, but also the health
matt romney is solid, stayed in everything -- every single that has come out of the romney is that they are not going to go that route there, but they're going to pick a governing choice, someone who will be seen as capable of becoming president in the event that something happened if president romney were to win. so i think were looking at a quite different model, influenced both by the problems that occurred four years ago, but also the difference between the two nominees. >> high, 90...
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, governor romney selected paul ryan as his running mate. and i should say at the outset, and larry sort of indicated this, jim indicated this, the, the personal relationship we have is a very good one. we get along well. we have, however, very, very deep and fundamental differences. on where we should go in this country. the good news is i believe that in the budget committee and on the floor of the house we've been able to express those differences in a civil manner, in a way that i think has sharpened the debate and elevated the debate and made the choices more clear. and i very much hope that as we head into the final days of this election we will focus on those choices that are before us, focus on very deep policy differences. because i fundamentally believe that when you examine the ryan and now the ryan/romney plan, that you will discover that it is simply returning to a failed trickle-down economic strategy, a strategy that we tried during the bush administration which crashed against the hard wall of reality. because after those eig
, governor romney selected paul ryan as his running mate. and i should say at the outset, and larry sort of indicated this, jim indicated this, the, the personal relationship we have is a very good one. we get along well. we have, however, very, very deep and fundamental differences. on where we should go in this country. the good news is i believe that in the budget committee and on the floor of the house we've been able to express those differences in a civil manner, in a way that i think has...
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and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes them just to go to get voters enthusiastic and i suspect the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independence. but the early voting has helped. and recover will be early voting in ohio friday, saturday, sunday. that's what the supreme court allowed big limited hours. but declined unanimously to review it. and after an appeals court said that the early voting should apply. the hours are limited but sunday voting is one that in the past has proved to be extraordinary for particularly african-american voters to go right after church. so there is a path for romney without ohio, but it's a long and winding path and then finally just one comment, as you watch these polls, it includes the real politics average which is a terrific thing to do, one of the things were seen in these final days is that in all these swin
and romney has not. the ground game differences are really striking here, and how much difference that makes them just to go to get voters enthusiastic and i suspect the final days that obama's going to be spending as much or more time getting his own voters enthusiastic as he is aiming at those independence. but the early voting has helped. and recover will be early voting in ohio friday, saturday, sunday. that's what the supreme court allowed big limited hours. but declined unanimously to...
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a stronger evangelical blue-collar presence for romney. then pulling the classic version is wider in virginia than any other place us in this year. and an enormous gap that really kind of some of the change in class nature. >> college-educated whites are much more favorable. >> non college whites. >> about the same. >> college whites going from 44 to 48. he's actually doing better. 44-32. an enormous gap. now, the democratic member, the high 20's, 29 as i recall. so right now obama has the edge because he has the aids nationally. a very represented state, and in the center race we are now seeing routinely as the average 85% are voting for the democratic senate candidate. 85 percent of the people voting for romney. we are moving into iraq was a parliamentary system. i think that by voters as well as by legislators and the way they behave. i think it is very likely whichever candidate wins the presidency of in virginia that party will win the senate race. >> tested the obvious to all one thing when you're looking at the affluent voters in no
a stronger evangelical blue-collar presence for romney. then pulling the classic version is wider in virginia than any other place us in this year. and an enormous gap that really kind of some of the change in class nature. >> college-educated whites are much more favorable. >> non college whites. >> about the same. >> college whites going from 44 to 48. he's actually doing better. 44-32. an enormous gap. now, the democratic member, the high 20's, 29 as i recall. so...
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philadelphia wideout romney, the city of philadelphia did but the suburbs also wideout romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles and san francisco's the birds that are all very democratic. denver las vegas and phoenix and the dallas houston san antonio atlanta charlotte and north carolina were very republican so i think calling suburbs analyzing pricing suburbs doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb word each region of the country and finally, number six, we have to rethink the way we spend money on politics. this was a 6 billion-dollar election-year with status quo results. i think the biggest success when it comes to money and politics and i'm not talking about the message but the macro-- karl rove separated billionaires from billions of their dollars to what effect? i mean it may be more effective way to pay voters directly. there is probably more return for your investment and i would conclude by saying that probably the supreme court of the united states, the second most important institution in the united states in aiding the economic recovery, b
philadelphia wideout romney, the city of philadelphia did but the suburbs also wideout romney. new york, philadelphia, d.c., los angeles and san francisco's the birds that are all very democratic. denver las vegas and phoenix and the dallas houston san antonio atlanta charlotte and north carolina were very republican so i think calling suburbs analyzing pricing suburbs doesn't work. you have to look at each individual suburb word each region of the country and finally, number six, we have to...
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but he wants anyone but romney. in 2000 romney was supported by shawn -- michael savage and many others who now seem to view romney as a closet liberal. this is especially baffling because there's no liberal in the republican primary this year. that's ann coulter's column. what do you think? caller: i think that would be great. host: why? caller: well, there's a lot of things that is going on here that i can't understand. number one, i haven't heard one of them candidates talk about the inflation we have in this country today. definitely caused by the government itself. the inflation we have in the fuel. nobody's talking about the fuel. bringing the fuel down to where it belongs, which caused other inflation. i went to the market the other day and they want $29.99 for a pound of fillet minute-on- -- filet mignon. host: who would you like to see at the g.o.p. nominee? caller: romney. host: mark? caller: good morning. scott, right? host: sure. caller: yes. ok. romney is going to crush. he's going to win. it's over. yo
but he wants anyone but romney. in 2000 romney was supported by shawn -- michael savage and many others who now seem to view romney as a closet liberal. this is especially baffling because there's no liberal in the republican primary this year. that's ann coulter's column. what do you think? caller: i think that would be great. host: why? caller: well, there's a lot of things that is going on here that i can't understand. number one, i haven't heard one of them candidates talk about the...
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president obama is more for working people than mitt romney. mitt romney is for the very rich. he doesn't identify with us. he doesn't understand what we go through every day. he doesn't understand the decisions that we have to make. he doesn't understand it's tough to send kids to school. you shouldn't be slashing aid to colleges or pell grants or things of that sort. he should be increasing them for the good of the country. >> could you give us your name? >> i'm sean higgins with the washington examiner. president trumka, i was curious exactly how much money, if you know, was spent in the wisconsin recall election. >> with what? >> in the wisconsin recall -- >> how much did we spend? >> yeah. >> the afl-cio? >> yeah. >> probably less than 500,000, right? >> do you believe it was all well spent? >> i'm sorry? >> do you believe it was all well spent? >> do i? >> yeah. >> absolutely. we took back control of the senate so that he can't, scott walker can't do some of the nonsensical, foolish things that he tried to do. he can't continue to make war on his employees. now he's going
president obama is more for working people than mitt romney. mitt romney is for the very rich. he doesn't identify with us. he doesn't understand what we go through every day. he doesn't understand the decisions that we have to make. he doesn't understand it's tough to send kids to school. you shouldn't be slashing aid to colleges or pell grants or things of that sort. he should be increasing them for the good of the country. >> could you give us your name? >> i'm sean higgins with...
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one definitely one that romney used. the other one is more of a democratic line than it is an obama line. this particular one, this was our lie of the year in 2010 that the democratic health care law is a government takeover of health care and this was a claim that we had rated in many different ways and depending on the wording we had rated anywhere from, i don't think it ever got higher than a false. sometimes we rated it pants on fire. it was typically used by public publics to describe the -- republicans to describe the democratic health care law and it was even used by romney to describe the democratic health care law. irony it was also used by michele bachmann to describe romney's health care law. romney has both used the line and been a target of it and which i find amusing. of course this claim, if you go back and read our story this claim originated with a frank luntz memo that basically urged the house republicans to use this line to describe the health care law, in particular what was then in the, in the bill,
one definitely one that romney used. the other one is more of a democratic line than it is an obama line. this particular one, this was our lie of the year in 2010 that the democratic health care law is a government takeover of health care and this was a claim that we had rated in many different ways and depending on the wording we had rated anywhere from, i don't think it ever got higher than a false. sometimes we rated it pants on fire. it was typically used by public publics to describe the...
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it was mitt romney's father, governor george romney who set the standard for income tax return disclosure by presidential candidate when he disclosed 12 years -- five years of income tax returns. now we have met romney saying he will disclose one year, maybe two. and the smith noted political analysts said can you did have to pick two years after he denounced president. what is important is to know more. and i'll just set the standard. first, mitt romney has failed to disclose economic and financial information of a personal nature at a level that we have not seen an 36 years presidential campaigns. he is the most secretive candidate for president in modern history. secondly, if republican senators held mitt romney to the same standard of disclosure that they required of obama nominees who appear before the senate, he would fail. he wouldn't even come up for it though. he refuses to provide even the most basic information about his own income and wealth in the years before he decided to run again for president of the united states. why? what is it in his tax returns that are so scary to m
it was mitt romney's father, governor george romney who set the standard for income tax return disclosure by presidential candidate when he disclosed 12 years -- five years of income tax returns. now we have met romney saying he will disclose one year, maybe two. and the smith noted political analysts said can you did have to pick two years after he denounced president. what is important is to know more. and i'll just set the standard. first, mitt romney has failed to disclose economic and...
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in this case, mitt romney just passed it by. the sentiments are so strong, you don't want to confront or engage that. he said when asked by reporters later to be true, of course not. the house republican budget. committee. is now preceding to do two things. to insist on lower overall discretionary spending, that was agreed to in the law that came at the end of that dreadful process of holding the debt ceiling hostage. so unilaterally they declared that a floor for cuts and not a ceiling. now as a way of avoiding a vote sequestration of the defense budget propose a really remarkable search of additional cutbacks, and means tested programs of one sort or another. i even saw the most lucid and analytic of reporters, david rogers, show his emotion in the course of writing about that. and of course we had yesterday, successful republican filibuster on senate democratic plan for setting extending a lower student loan rate and financing it in a particular way. that is no surprise. in the new york times, this is the 20 first successful
in this case, mitt romney just passed it by. the sentiments are so strong, you don't want to confront or engage that. he said when asked by reporters later to be true, of course not. the house republican budget. committee. is now preceding to do two things. to insist on lower overall discretionary spending, that was agreed to in the law that came at the end of that dreadful process of holding the debt ceiling hostage. so unilaterally they declared that a floor for cuts and not a ceiling. now as...
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mccain makes romney look -- i mean romney makes george bush and mccain looked at. i don't see anything at all that romney can run this country. i just don't see yet. it's scary to think if he gets in office. it's like geppetto and pinocchio with him and ryan. it's just like the boy can walk. it seems like he will start crying if he doesn't win the presidency. he can't buy. at least the president of the united states is trying the best he can. this is just a sideshow to me, i'm sorry. but i'm from north dakota and i know it's a red state and i'm embarrassed to be from nearby this tricky but your comment on the independent line to does that mean you voted both for democrats and republicans? >> caller: well, i voted for reagan. back when ronald reagan ran. ease the only republican i ever voted for, but, you know, bill clinton was a great president and i think obama is a great president. this mitt romney thing is just, it looks like a sideshow to me. then he's got all these guys running with him, telling women what to do with their bodies and stuff, and -- >> host: tha
mccain makes romney look -- i mean romney makes george bush and mccain looked at. i don't see anything at all that romney can run this country. i just don't see yet. it's scary to think if he gets in office. it's like geppetto and pinocchio with him and ryan. it's just like the boy can walk. it seems like he will start crying if he doesn't win the presidency. he can't buy. at least the president of the united states is trying the best he can. this is just a sideshow to me, i'm sorry. but i'm...
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romney had no plans. he was just offering the opposite of what the president was presenting to the american people. have no plan for anything. i don't know how anybody in his position could get as far as he did with nothing to offer the american people. the other thing -- i just don't understand how with the american people would think to even consider him as the presidential candidate. he had absolutely nothing to offer. everything he offered was nonexistent or i will just do the president isn't doing. >> host: but the ask you, you sound like you're passionately supportive of the president. >> caller: i'm passionate for the country. i don't care who obama our romney is. i want somebody that will help the american people to progress. i want to see america -- >> host: you want compromise? >> caller: i want compromise, yes. but i'm going to tell you this, and make no mistake about it, we have people in this country that have completely destroyed rather than try to compromise and try to bring the government
romney had no plans. he was just offering the opposite of what the president was presenting to the american people. have no plan for anything. i don't know how anybody in his position could get as far as he did with nothing to offer the american people. the other thing -- i just don't understand how with the american people would think to even consider him as the presidential candidate. he had absolutely nothing to offer. everything he offered was nonexistent or i will just do the president...
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romney is talking about. last year, senators lindsey graham, rand paul and mike lee introduced a bill that would, among other things, reduce the future growth rate of social security benefits for the top 60% of earnest. 60% o0 of earners. by establishing what they call a -- progressive price index." who are these so-called higher-income individuals that my republican friends are talking about? under this republican bill, a worker making about $45,000 a year today retiring in 2050 would receive 32% less in annual social security benefits than under the current formula. how much is a 32% cut for this middle-class wage earner? it's about $7,500 a year. and that, my friends, is a lot of money for a retiree. mr. president, it should come as no surprise that republicans in washington and governor romney want to slash social security. the truth is, republicans have never liked social security and they have been attacking social security since its inception. that is not news. the question, however, that millions of a
romney is talking about. last year, senators lindsey graham, rand paul and mike lee introduced a bill that would, among other things, reduce the future growth rate of social security benefits for the top 60% of earnest. 60% o0 of earners. by establishing what they call a -- progressive price index." who are these so-called higher-income individuals that my republican friends are talking about? under this republican bill, a worker making about $45,000 a year today retiring in 2050 would...
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romney's in favor of it. the president wants higher rates on individuals which is at odds with lower rates, broader base and comprehensive tax reform. so it sure looks to me like he's signaling, yeah, i believe in tax reform, but we're going to do the corporate one over here and get to 28, and we're going to have the individual one over here, and it's going to be higher rates, and that bothers me from a tax policy perspective. >> it does me too. and, to me, i thought one of the, one of the accomplishments that we could point to in the simpson-bowles was just raising public and press consciousness about the whole business of how widespread, or how many different business models there are and how many of them bleed over into the, onto the individual side of the code. so it just seems to me that if you look at, you know, the tax writers, when they get into this given their experience and background, they will see that you can't, you can't put corporate, the corporate code in a silo anymore. >> i think we have ti
romney's in favor of it. the president wants higher rates on individuals which is at odds with lower rates, broader base and comprehensive tax reform. so it sure looks to me like he's signaling, yeah, i believe in tax reform, but we're going to do the corporate one over here and get to 28, and we're going to have the individual one over here, and it's going to be higher rates, and that bothers me from a tax policy perspective. >> it does me too. and, to me, i thought one of the, one of...
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at some of romney as well. and if you're one of those states, you're getting in the uk 10 years of campaigning. so that's where it is. these are polarizing packs. and unless somehow these things work in a different direction i think it will continue to polarize. i think the next congress will be more polarized. on a couple of the race and matheson is a wonderful representative from utah. well respected. he sitting in the wrong district in utah with ron at the top the ticket. i think the people in district, they like him fine, but they just want a republican. connie who lost her reelection, she says what's wrong is they just wanted democratic you vote with them a lot of the time but they like to personally, saw the same thing in rhode island senate race. but the second parliamentary elections to a great extent barring a broad candidate like kenny in massachusetts. >> great. want to turn to martin and they come back to you depression more on what you think will happen but let's turn to martin and the floor is you
at some of romney as well. and if you're one of those states, you're getting in the uk 10 years of campaigning. so that's where it is. these are polarizing packs. and unless somehow these things work in a different direction i think it will continue to polarize. i think the next congress will be more polarized. on a couple of the race and matheson is a wonderful representative from utah. well respected. he sitting in the wrong district in utah with ron at the top the ticket. i think the people...
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this health care is romney's. how can you sit there and vote against d most of the stuff obama voted for and they dute against it. antt here and try to ruin this country to get this man out of the oval office. >> host: is it politics? >> guest: greatf1 o udstions o and it is thef1 o udstion -- same? -- in march of 2010. and i will say i tried hard in my time as attorney general not to personalize our challenges. id not refer to as obamacare. that takes away from what we are adwsesantng as state atto of 2e general. first on implementations o was not politics in march of 2010 that characterized what lurred in march. and won the case was handed down. consistent with rules that had been established on behalf of various and the best way the federal government could achieve in providing confidence is acting consistent with the law's provisions. the irs in our opinion did that. it is about enforcing the law and not politics like the original action was not about politics. >> host: independent caller in new york. go ahead
this health care is romney's. how can you sit there and vote against d most of the stuff obama voted for and they dute against it. antt here and try to ruin this country to get this man out of the oval office. >> host: is it politics? >> guest: greatf1 o udstions o and it is thef1 o udstion -- same? -- in march of 2010. and i will say i tried hard in my time as attorney general not to personalize our challenges. id not refer to as obamacare. that takes away from what we are...
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meanwhile, what is mitt romney did you? he's in this bizarre sort of middle place where there is no role for an opposition candidate. there's no sort of acceptance script in what a candidate is supposed to do when one of these big storms comes along. so whatever move he makes can look sort of still aqua. so there's a risk for both sides, and i think a benefit advantages obama, more than romney. simply because there's a defined role for an incumbent and not so much for a challenge of. >> host: and governor romney will be in florida today, holding three rallies there. go to c-span.org for our coverage of the. also vice president joe biden, we will show you governor romney in florida with the former governor of that state, jeb bush, and the vice president joe biden, he will be in florida as well. look for coverage today around 3 p.m. eastern time here on c-span, campaign rally in that state. also, reid wilson, flash forwarding to this friday when the jobs report comes out. could that be a game changer? could that be an october
meanwhile, what is mitt romney did you? he's in this bizarre sort of middle place where there is no role for an opposition candidate. there's no sort of acceptance script in what a candidate is supposed to do when one of these big storms comes along. so whatever move he makes can look sort of still aqua. so there's a risk for both sides, and i think a benefit advantages obama, more than romney. simply because there's a defined role for an incumbent and not so much for a challenge of. >>...
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mitt romney gave me $1 million. that is a big problem that poses just as much of a threat to our democracy as if it were legal for not only add canard but an actual business corporation that will direct you to an individual who may be the next president. >> i want to dovetail on that to go back to what allen said about the c4s. it is true that c4s are not the enemy and there are many fabulous 501c4s. everything from the nra to planned parenting. pick your favorite. many of them are funded by small donations. that is not necessarily the problem and the don't think many of us would claim that to be the problem. the bigger problem is when c4s are used to shield corporate entities or other rich individuals and the chamber of commerce was actually 501c4-6 because they spend a huge amount to influence elections and we understand, we the community understand they represent, quote, business interests but we have no way to know in any given circumstance if they are getting $5 million donation from walmart to target a very sm
mitt romney gave me $1 million. that is a big problem that poses just as much of a threat to our democracy as if it were legal for not only add canard but an actual business corporation that will direct you to an individual who may be the next president. >> i want to dovetail on that to go back to what allen said about the c4s. it is true that c4s are not the enemy and there are many fabulous 501c4s. everything from the nra to planned parenting. pick your favorite. many of them are funded...
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>> caller: mitt romney. >> host: why is that? >> caller: well, the obama administration is not working, clearly. i was watching the program where they say the economy is strong, it's sharp strong. he seems to have pretty much the same ideas on the bailouts that i do, so that's where i'm going. >> host: okay. all right, congressman? >> guest: the economy is improving. people are going back to work, and most importantly, people are seeing a way to manage their debt, to be able to stay in their homes, the president's also taking on student loan debt, the worst type of debt, because it robs people of the ability to get the education that we need in order to pay for these jobs globally. finally, by taking leadership to provide health insurance, over a million michigan residents had no insurance and likely could go bankrupt because of high health care costs. that took leadership, political courage, that's going to help michigan residents, and that's why michigan supports president obama in november. >> host: republican in las vegas, ea
>> caller: mitt romney. >> host: why is that? >> caller: well, the obama administration is not working, clearly. i was watching the program where they say the economy is strong, it's sharp strong. he seems to have pretty much the same ideas on the bailouts that i do, so that's where i'm going. >> host: okay. all right, congressman? >> guest: the economy is improving. people are going back to work, and most importantly, people are seeing a way to manage their debt,...
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i mean, romney carried exactly one out of 11. i mean, he basically one with john mccain one, plus indiana which nobody really considered a swing state, plus north carolina. that's it. now, you go one out of 11, okay, then you have the senate costs. in our category we have 10 tossup senate races. and republicans lost nine out of 10. and i have to say this because i think that senator cornyn and all the folks at the rnc, i think it's one of the more talented campaign committees i've ever seen. and two cycles in a row that had the worst block, and i use lock in a broad firm because a lot of it was to what stu talked about a little while ago. when your party nominates people that are so exotic that they have little or no chance of winning general elections, that out to be very winnable, i'm sorry, that's not something that a campaign committee can do anything about. and as stu said, if your party bosses from washington dictating where candidates are going to be, or do you apply yourself to be at the mercy of a bunch of lactose. spent
i mean, romney carried exactly one out of 11. i mean, he basically one with john mccain one, plus indiana which nobody really considered a swing state, plus north carolina. that's it. now, you go one out of 11, okay, then you have the senate costs. in our category we have 10 tossup senate races. and republicans lost nine out of 10. and i have to say this because i think that senator cornyn and all the folks at the rnc, i think it's one of the more talented campaign committees i've ever seen....
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romney. they're not takers. these are people struggling to make a better life for themselves and their families. they want job training. they want better education. they want to upgrade their skills. they want to work. the romney-ryan budget would pull the rug out from underneath them and say, tough luck, you're on your own. well, i don't think they should be on their own. they should be part of our american family. without sustained robust investments in quality infrastructure and well-trained workers, america will fall behind, job creation will suff suffer. this is a critical threat to the future of the middle class in our country. so, madam president, in essence, the ryan budget essentially rejects the very possibility that the federal government can act to spur economic growth, boost competitiveness, and create good middle-class jobs. but this flies in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. at critical junctures, going back to the beginning of our republic, the federal government has stepped up t
romney. they're not takers. these are people struggling to make a better life for themselves and their families. they want job training. they want better education. they want to upgrade their skills. they want to work. the romney-ryan budget would pull the rug out from underneath them and say, tough luck, you're on your own. well, i don't think they should be on their own. they should be part of our american family. without sustained robust investments in quality infrastructure and well-trained...
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the vast majority of mitt romney's tax plan would go to people just like him, people making millions of dollars every year. under romney's plan, folks making more than $3 million a year would get a tax break, a quarter of a million dollars per year. how would you pay for this massive handout to the top 1%? he'll hand you, 95% of the american people, the bill. under his plan, my friend the republican leader wants, i hope everyone listens to this within the sound of my voice, because the republican plan would require the average middle-class family with children to pay $2,000 more in taxes to take care of the millionaires. 95% of families in this country would be asked to pay more so that people like mitt romney can get a tax break. now that's a great program, a wonderful program. last year, i repeat, mitt romney called this tax policy center an objective third party when he was once again changing his position during the republican debates leading up to his nomination. now that the group has exposed his plan to hike taxes for 95% of american families while handing out more giveaways t
the vast majority of mitt romney's tax plan would go to people just like him, people making millions of dollars every year. under romney's plan, folks making more than $3 million a year would get a tax break, a quarter of a million dollars per year. how would you pay for this massive handout to the top 1%? he'll hand you, 95% of the american people, the bill. under his plan, my friend the republican leader wants, i hope everyone listens to this within the sound of my voice, because the...
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romney is the nominee and it will be obama vs romney in november. host: you have been traveling with central's campaign. what have the last couple weeks? been weeks guest: quite a lot of fun. he went up to wisconsin and he went bowling every day. he played montee ball -- botchi ball. and he went around to breweries. it was a light-hearted rick santorum. he gave one speech in milwaukee a couple days ago where reporters had been traveling with him for months said they had never seen rick santorum so relaxed. it almost seemed like a bit of relief. he might have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. he really enjoyed himself. host: others are speculating as to what this sets up rick santorum for the future. he did mention looking ahead. we are talking about a suspension of a campaign rather than quitting, so he can continue to raise funds. guest: the reason they say they are suspending their campaign is because they have to close their debts with the federal election commission. he is obviously not. going to be campaigning not. right after he said he
romney is the nominee and it will be obama vs romney in november. host: you have been traveling with central's campaign. what have the last couple weeks? been weeks guest: quite a lot of fun. he went up to wisconsin and he went bowling every day. he played montee ball -- botchi ball. and he went around to breweries. it was a light-hearted rick santorum. he gave one speech in milwaukee a couple days ago where reporters had been traveling with him for months said they had never seen rick santorum...
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romney sweeps three primaries. rick santorum attended a rally in martial tuesday night while mitt romney will strengthen his status as front-runner. that is the pittsburgh post. and then also in the pittsburgh tribune review this point they have the latest polls out for that pennsylvania contest. and this is buoyed by a university poll released yesterday that showed likely republican voters in pennsylvania favor the former senator 41% to 35% that don't miss these headlines in the papers this morning. here is "the wall street journal." that says santorum prepares for a last stand in pennsylvania. it says rick santorum campaign has settled on all in strategy focus on his home state. that could provide a win or go home moment for the struggling candidate later this month. mr. santorum's campaign we will read more but we want to get your thoughts on yesterday's primary. richard in michigan, in minneapolis, minnesota. richard, who are you supporting? >> caller: good morning. yes, mitt romney. >> host: not michigan. go a
romney sweeps three primaries. rick santorum attended a rally in martial tuesday night while mitt romney will strengthen his status as front-runner. that is the pittsburgh post. and then also in the pittsburgh tribune review this point they have the latest polls out for that pennsylvania contest. and this is buoyed by a university poll released yesterday that showed likely republican voters in pennsylvania favor the former senator 41% to 35% that don't miss these headlines in the papers this...
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he said this about governor romney: "governor romney's road to the future will lead to dirty air and increasing climate volatility, uncertainty over energy prices and less security, not more." he contrasted that with president obama. president obama's road to the future, he said, will lead us to energy independence, energy security, a safer and cleaner environment, and countless new jobs that can never be outsourced. and a silent -- as silent and mocking as the republican convention and the republican candidate was on this issue, they have doubled down since then over the weekend on "meet the press," mr. romney restated that he is -- quote -- "not in this race to slow the rise of the oceans or to heal the planet." his energy plan makes no mention whatsoever of climate change or of promoting renewable energy technology. instead, it details how the united states can exploit what he calls -- the plat form calls the domestic cornucopia of bar carbon-based energy resources. our platform makes it clear that we take this seriously. i quote. "we know that global climate change is one of the
he said this about governor romney: "governor romney's road to the future will lead to dirty air and increasing climate volatility, uncertainty over energy prices and less security, not more." he contrasted that with president obama. president obama's road to the future, he said, will lead us to energy independence, energy security, a safer and cleaner environment, and countless new jobs that can never be outsourced. and a silent -- as silent and mocking as the republican convention...
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when paul ryan boasting about mitt romney needs to speak more about himself, mitt romney doesn't do that because he is humble. in his church, which is my church, it doesn't matter if you're a schoolteacher, bishop our mitt romney with his money, you're treated the same way and you treat people with humility. and that's what democrats can't take. and the other thing is, you never have romney on life. you always have biden, yet the president as you bill clinton online. the other day when he was on live bill clinton made a joke about my church, and i me, the mormons have never put anybody's religion down. tried to find it. you will never find it in history. and i didn't appreciate bill clinton got, you know, paul, i'm the president obama is now more like bill clinton on economics, oh, my gosh, but i'll tell you, president clinton to want hillary to win so much in 2016, to put down my religion and make a joke about it, i think i'm sorry. if he thinks anybody republicans are going to vote for hillary this, and the 2016, give it up, mr. clinton. >> host: thanks for your call. connecticut, demo
when paul ryan boasting about mitt romney needs to speak more about himself, mitt romney doesn't do that because he is humble. in his church, which is my church, it doesn't matter if you're a schoolteacher, bishop our mitt romney with his money, you're treated the same way and you treat people with humility. and that's what democrats can't take. and the other thing is, you never have romney on life. you always have biden, yet the president as you bill clinton online. the other day when he was...
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leave romney out. romney just, you know, they put a giant pile of dodo there, and he stepped in it. but they put it there in a remarkable way. [laughter] >> what an image. >> one key statistic in all this. since the day barack obama was inaugurated, one out of every ten mexicans living in the united states has been deported. >> yeah. >> one out of ten. nobody mentioned that. >> yeah, okay. except alfonso in the his town hall. [laughter] town hall in las vegas. >> under me you're going to self-deport. well, the answer was under you they're being deported. >> just quickly -- >> okay. >> republican congress who has the funds to do that has a lot -- >> talk about this, talk about this long-term thing. >> yes. >> how, i mean, in your view how long is this, are we scars forever, you know? can we get other this? >> this goes to roberto's point. republicans have a huge brand problem right now among latinos, and it's s.b. 1070, it's, you know, sensen brenner, right in and a lot of it stems from, from the immigration issue and how it's been handled by the two parties. um, i think that -- but,
leave romney out. romney just, you know, they put a giant pile of dodo there, and he stepped in it. but they put it there in a remarkable way. [laughter] >> what an image. >> one key statistic in all this. since the day barack obama was inaugurated, one out of every ten mexicans living in the united states has been deported. >> yeah. >> one out of ten. nobody mentioned that. >> yeah, okay. except alfonso in the his town hall. [laughter] town hall in las vegas....
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there are other chases -- choices that mitt romney will look at. governor of nevada, brian sandoval, and then the governor of new mexico, martinez. when a republican campaign figured raise that name to me a week ago, i said that's a great template, take a woman governor from a small state. that works well, doesn't it? [laughter] >> let me ask you, when you were speaking a moment ago about the potential for the hispanic population to change the racial conversation in the 2012 election, i was struck by the idea that the assumption is the black vote goes totally to president obama. >> and i think the black vote is going to go, the same percentages or numbers the last time which is something like 96-three night. the question there is turnout, and that's where the name trayvon martin i visit comes up. there's been certain a lot of talking sure we'll have discussion of what the enthusiasm level is of voters, and we saw first in 2010 the democrats had a disaster on the hands all across the country, because the voters are turned up in such dramatic numbers
there are other chases -- choices that mitt romney will look at. governor of nevada, brian sandoval, and then the governor of new mexico, martinez. when a republican campaign figured raise that name to me a week ago, i said that's a great template, take a woman governor from a small state. that works well, doesn't it? [laughter] >> let me ask you, when you were speaking a moment ago about the potential for the hispanic population to change the racial conversation in the 2012 election, i...
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barack obama is more for working people than mitt romney. mitt romney is for the very rich. he doesn't identify with them. he doesn't understand what we go through every day. he doesn't understand the decisions we have to make. he doesn't understand it's tough to send kids to school. you shouldn't be slashing aid to colleges or pell grants or things of those sorts are you should be increasing them for the good of the country. >> i'm sean higgins. president trumka, i was curious exactly how much money, if you know, was spent in the wisconsin recall election? >> with what? >> wisconsin election? >> probably less than 500,000. >> do you believe it was all well spent? >> do i? absolutely. we took back control of the senate so that he can't, scott walker can do some other nonsensical foolish things that he tried to do. he can't continue to make war on his employees. now he's going to have to try to create jobs because we're going to jobs proposals put up in front of him your key will be to support them or he won't support them spent i want it as you, could the president have help
barack obama is more for working people than mitt romney. mitt romney is for the very rich. he doesn't identify with them. he doesn't understand what we go through every day. he doesn't understand the decisions we have to make. he doesn't understand it's tough to send kids to school. you shouldn't be slashing aid to colleges or pell grants or things of those sorts are you should be increasing them for the good of the country. >> i'm sean higgins. president trumka, i was curious exactly...
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governor romney, his pac and the r.n.c. have received at least $13 million in campaign contributions from fossil fuel industry executives or related groups. governor romney has accepted $3 million in contributions from oxbo, a coal company controlled by william koch, brother of david koch. well, nature could not be giving us clearer warnings. and whatever higher power gave us our advanced human capacity for perception, calculation, analysis, deduction, and foresight has laid out before us more than enough information to make the right decisions. these god-given human capacities provide us everything we need to act responsibly if only we will. but, the polluting special interests appear to rule here. the party of theodore roosevelt, the great conservationist, the party of president nixon who founded the e.p.a., the party of john chafee of rhode island, who was instrumental in the passage of the clean water act and the clean air act, and the party of russell trane who died at the age of 92 after a distinguished career in envi
governor romney, his pac and the r.n.c. have received at least $13 million in campaign contributions from fossil fuel industry executives or related groups. governor romney has accepted $3 million in contributions from oxbo, a coal company controlled by william koch, brother of david koch. well, nature could not be giving us clearer warnings. and whatever higher power gave us our advanced human capacity for perception, calculation, analysis, deduction, and foresight has laid out before us more...
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chairman. >> mitt romney is joining his presidential running mate paul ryan today in michigan. they are going to a rally at the family orchard farm tampa florida has a very unique history, especially the immigrant heritage in the early 1900's, late 1800's, right here in the city a part of tampa. young people came to work in the factory. they came from spain, they came from cuba, they came from italy and developed a very vibrant border and what is unique about the various immigrant society is they've all established their own clubs and mutual aid societies. we are here at one of the most vibrant and exciting clubs primarily the central taken from spain to cuba to work in factories. they had a lot of young men especially, but over time because of the culture, the games and the casino and the club's, the dances and the health care, the hospital, they became a very integrated and unique community and if you listen to and oftentimes you can point that your grandfather or grandmother working at the cigar factories and was a member of the essential this torreano or the italian club or
chairman. >> mitt romney is joining his presidential running mate paul ryan today in michigan. they are going to a rally at the family orchard farm tampa florida has a very unique history, especially the immigrant heritage in the early 1900's, late 1800's, right here in the city a part of tampa. young people came to work in the factory. they came from spain, they came from cuba, they came from italy and developed a very vibrant border and what is unique about the various immigrant society...
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these -- romney-ryan math. these are valid numbers. by comparison, in lyndon johnson's six years as majority leader, -- i could ask everyone here to take a guess as to how many filibusters he had to -- how many filibusters he had to overcome. remember, these were the years that he was president, you had the civil rights stuff going on, all kinds of problems. everyone would fail the test. he had to overcome one filibuster. so i hope our republican colleagues will join us tomorrow as we vote to advance this measure. it's too bad we have had to have -- file cloture on moving to proceed to this bill. the heroes who fought for their country overseas shouldn't have to fight for a job once they get home. tomorrow also marks the 11th anniversary of the september 11 terrorist attacks. the date is a reminder that through more than a decade of war, the bravery and dedication of american armed forces have never wavered, and it's a reminder that our commitment to those fine young men and women should never waiver either. mr. president, i move to pr
these -- romney-ryan math. these are valid numbers. by comparison, in lyndon johnson's six years as majority leader, -- i could ask everyone here to take a guess as to how many filibusters he had to -- how many filibusters he had to overcome. remember, these were the years that he was president, you had the civil rights stuff going on, all kinds of problems. everyone would fail the test. he had to overcome one filibuster. so i hope our republican colleagues will join us tomorrow as we vote to...
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romney has faced that position. he did so relatively firmly as part of the primary. the primary is over and already you see language changing from within his camp about exactly how that would be implement it, how quickly that would be implemented. wings of that nature. all that has the effect of softening the position. he has to campaign on it and find a way to establish his campaign for president. this is a way to do it. he certainly seems to be emphasizing indifferently then during the primary session. the last observation is that these pressures are not going away, as steven said, irrespective of who is president. when you challenge those pressures, there are a number of ways they can overcome them. it is very difficult to do it without everything being on the table. including national defense. we are still talking about one fifth of your total budget for your discretionary budget. whether it is obama or romney, that is not going to be going anywhere. >> the only thing i would add is that mitt romney is not the only, as my colleagues have pointed out, even if he w
romney has faced that position. he did so relatively firmly as part of the primary. the primary is over and already you see language changing from within his camp about exactly how that would be implement it, how quickly that would be implemented. wings of that nature. all that has the effect of softening the position. he has to campaign on it and find a way to establish his campaign for president. this is a way to do it. he certainly seems to be emphasizing indifferently then during the...
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mitt romney and the rest of the top 2% of americans. mr. president, my republican friends can come out here and they can talk, oh, it's terrible because what we're trying to do is raise taxes on small business. mr. president, the president's presentation, legislation raises taxes on 2% of wealthy people and about 2.5% of businesses. this is no crush for small businesses. it seems to me that they can, the top 2%, can contribute a little bit more to get this cub's deficit under control. yet republicans are prepared to block tax cuts for 98% of families unless democrats agree to even more giveaways for the richest of the rich. as the republicans continue to argue the wealthiest 2% can't contribute even a little more, i urge them to talk to the 3/4 of americans who disagree. i urge them to talk to the almost 60% of republicans who believe the wealthiest americans should shoulder their fair share of the responsibility for getting the deficit under control. almost 60% of the republicans agree with what the president is doing -- that is, the top 2
mitt romney and the rest of the top 2% of americans. mr. president, my republican friends can come out here and they can talk, oh, it's terrible because what we're trying to do is raise taxes on small business. mr. president, the president's presentation, legislation raises taxes on 2% of wealthy people and about 2.5% of businesses. this is no crush for small businesses. it seems to me that they can, the top 2%, can contribute a little bit more to get this cub's deficit under control. yet...
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after all, their presidential nominee, mitt romney made a fortune outsourcing jobs also. so republicans are putting breaks for corporations and multimillionaires ahead of the needs of ordinary americans and what most americans need is a good job, a job here at home and the assurance that taxes won't go up. democrats, republicans and independents across the country agree with our plan. it's only republicans in congress who disagree. yet republicans here in congress in the senate are filibustering the legislation to bring jobs back to america. and they've twice blocked a vote on legislation to keep taxes low for 98% of american families. it was republicans who asked for a vote on the plan to raise taxes for 25 million families and a vote on our plan to keep taxes low for 135 million american taxpayers. so we offered them what they wanted. we offered them up-or-down votes on both proposals. no procedural hoops, no delay tactics, simple majority votes on our plan and theirs and they refused. so maybe republicans refused our offer because they don't have the votes for their pl
after all, their presidential nominee, mitt romney made a fortune outsourcing jobs also. so republicans are putting breaks for corporations and multimillionaires ahead of the needs of ordinary americans and what most americans need is a good job, a job here at home and the assurance that taxes won't go up. democrats, republicans and independents across the country agree with our plan. it's only republicans in congress who disagree. yet republicans here in congress in the senate are...
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the victims, american taxpayers, the boss, mitt romney. romney supervised a company guilty of massive medicare fraud. that's a fact. $25 million in unnecessary blood tests, right under romney's nose. romney pocketed a half a million dollars. cost to taxpayers, 40 million. get the facts at mittbloodman.com. >> okay, good evening, newt gingrich came to power after all preaching a higher standard in american politics, a man who brought down another speaker on ethics accusations. tonight he has on his own record the judgment of his peers, democrat and republican alike by an overwhelming vote. they found him guilty of ethics violations. they charged him a very large financial penalty and they raised several of them serious questions about his future effectiveness. >> i'm mitt romney, and i approve this message. >> okay. so let me jump and give you a short little presentation which puts some of what we're seeing now into context. so if i press that, will i get powerpoint? things are coming. i think they're coming. i think they're coming. here we
the victims, american taxpayers, the boss, mitt romney. romney supervised a company guilty of massive medicare fraud. that's a fact. $25 million in unnecessary blood tests, right under romney's nose. romney pocketed a half a million dollars. cost to taxpayers, 40 million. get the facts at mittbloodman.com. >> okay, good evening, newt gingrich came to power after all preaching a higher standard in american politics, a man who brought down another speaker on ethics accusations. tonight he...
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good morning. >> caller: yes, i do agree with mitt romney. i think the government is getting way too big. that's my comment. thank you. >> host: next up is less in detroit. he wore on. good morning. >> caller: good morning. we in michigan have to decide in november whether to allow the state to come in to the city and as a public use to take over and print the financial manager were emergency manager for the cities that have financed the distress and take over the local government where they can come in and remove the city officials like the mayor and the city council. i don't think that's the the presidential candidate mitt romney had in mind when he wanted to say states have rights. what about the city's rights to elect their own elected officials? and help do they own? when you say government interference, i understand you were talking about the federal government, but i heard mitt romney say that states' rights, is it the rights of the state's coming into the cities to overthrow the local municipalities? if that's a big government, small
good morning. >> caller: yes, i do agree with mitt romney. i think the government is getting way too big. that's my comment. thank you. >> host: next up is less in detroit. he wore on. good morning. >> caller: good morning. we in michigan have to decide in november whether to allow the state to come in to the city and as a public use to take over and print the financial manager were emergency manager for the cities that have financed the distress and take over the local...
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and if we're to believe mitt romney here as well, under president romney, america's policy toward iran would be one of of accepting a nuclear armed iran that threatens israel's and the world's very existence. madam president, the bottom line is this, these aren't simple problems and they'll require real leadership to tackle them. and we can't play games with israel's best friend. israel continues to be threatened by rockets launched by hamas from the gaza strip. iran appears intent on developing a nuclear weapon and is the foremost state sponsor of terror. but instead of approaching these issues with careful -- with a careful consideration they deserve, the republicans seem intent on twisting reality for political gain. and we see it on the domestic front too. the republican leader has said -- he said it here -- his party's top priority is to make president obama a one-term president. and they're using any pretense that they can establish. their top priorities then clearly don't include helping americans, everyday americans by creating jobs, improving our schools or strengthening our h
and if we're to believe mitt romney here as well, under president romney, america's policy toward iran would be one of of accepting a nuclear armed iran that threatens israel's and the world's very existence. madam president, the bottom line is this, these aren't simple problems and they'll require real leadership to tackle them. and we can't play games with israel's best friend. israel continues to be threatened by rockets launched by hamas from the gaza strip. iran appears intent on...
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even mitt romney has refused to publicly oppose this legislation. he may oppose it but he's afraid to saying anything about it. why? because it's obvious why. he should show some leadership, in my opinion, governor romney, and tell his fellow republicans that opposing fair pay for all americans is shameful. instead, no one knows where he stands but we know where democrats stand, everyone knows. we stand firmly on the side of equality for every working woman. democrats stand with middle-class women working to keep their families afloat, stand with young women pursuing a college education hoping to get a good-paying job when they graduate, stand with little girls whose mothers have taught them there is no limit to their dreams and this evening americans will see where republicans stand on this issue. it's unfortunate that once again they're obstruction over equality. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. molinari: mr. president, i'd like to continue to discuss the student loan issue this morning. because the a
even mitt romney has refused to publicly oppose this legislation. he may oppose it but he's afraid to saying anything about it. why? because it's obvious why. he should show some leadership, in my opinion, governor romney, and tell his fellow republicans that opposing fair pay for all americans is shameful. instead, no one knows where he stands but we know where democrats stand, everyone knows. we stand firmly on the side of equality for every working woman. democrats stand with middle-class...
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michael crash at the boston globe is the author of a new book about mitt romney. end of discussion about america's health with a of words on the of the national center for health statistics and dr. pier vigilance of the george rushed to university school of public health. every morning at 7:00 eastern. as economic uncertainty persists british politicians now debate the fundamentals of free-market economics in an attempt to address what went wrong at the end of the last decade. we will hear from prime minister david cameron who outlined his conservative party's plan during this 35 minute event.÷÷÷ [applause] [applause] >> they cute. thank you very much for that is direction, and it is great to be here. i think this is a brilliant innovation. you take militarily and use space in central urban locations and make it available for entrepreneurs and special-interest. it is an absolutely key facility for people who have a great idea who want to build it into something that can start in some fully fledged office, and i think this is a great idea for the government to t
michael crash at the boston globe is the author of a new book about mitt romney. end of discussion about america's health with a of words on the of the national center for health statistics and dr. pier vigilance of the george rushed to university school of public health. every morning at 7:00 eastern. as economic uncertainty persists british politicians now debate the fundamentals of free-market economics in an attempt to address what went wrong at the end of the last decade. we will hear from...
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republican presidential candidate mitt romney is favored to win arizona. polls show tight race in michigan against rick santorum. newt gingrich is spending the day campaigning in georgia, just one of the super tuesday states. ron paul is focusing on caucus states. you can see live primary results coverage tonight on the c-span networks. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. senators will be spending the morning on general speeches while negotiations continue on what mm is to allow for the transportation bill. the senate will recess between 12:30 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. eastern for their weekly party lunches and after that we can see more debate on the transportation bill. and now to live coverage of the u.s. senate. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. american legion chaplain reverend gerald theriot will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us join together in the spirit of prayer. heavenly father, we humbly gather in united prayer, giving thanks for your blessings to this body. in your holy name, i ask that the wise use of the gift of
republican presidential candidate mitt romney is favored to win arizona. polls show tight race in michigan against rick santorum. newt gingrich is spending the day campaigning in georgia, just one of the super tuesday states. ron paul is focusing on caucus states. you can see live primary results coverage tonight on the c-span networks. the u.s. senate is about to gavel in. senators will be spending the morning on general speeches while negotiations continue on what mm is to allow for the...
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i should add republican presidential mitt romney's plan does something similar. cuts rate for the rich while refusing to name what deductions would be closed to pay for it. so the tombmy plan was a gimmick. it was a was a leap towards the tea party and away from a deal. the democrats were willing to match the republicans dollar for dollar on the spending side and more. we went even beyond the toomey plan when it came to entackling entitlements. we had backing from our leadership and our party to make a big deal. we jumped right into the middle of the ring but republicans refused to move an inch in our direction on revenue. they actually tried to use deficit reduction committee to cut taxes for the rich even further. and they were so focused how their extreme base would react they simply could not summon the will to leave their partisan corner. why is this? why is the modern republican party so opposed to allowing the rich to pay just a little bit more in taxes to help solve the debt and deficit problems of this country that they would prefer no deal at all? after
i should add republican presidential mitt romney's plan does something similar. cuts rate for the rich while refusing to name what deductions would be closed to pay for it. so the tombmy plan was a gimmick. it was a was a leap towards the tea party and away from a deal. the democrats were willing to match the republicans dollar for dollar on the spending side and more. we went even beyond the toomey plan when it came to entackling entitlements. we had backing from our leadership and our party...
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later today, mitt romney will speak in jacksonville, florida. he is joined by jeb bush at the event. you can see that live starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that also will be on c-span. [applause] [inaudible conversations] okay, let's talk about the coolidge family during their white house years. we have these documents and several other documents in these boxes. several photographs are heavy. alvin should be in the back of the box here. here it is. unfortunately, it is on black civic's paper. there is not much we can do about that because we don't want to change the artifact nature of the album itself. it is starting to crack a little bit. this is a photograph of calvin coolidge the day before he became president. he was in plymouth, vermont, visiting his father, doing some chores. you can see that they took one photographed here at him with his suit jacket on and another one of them here. >> more this weekend as booktv, american history tv and c-span's local content vehicle looks at the vermont state capital, montpelier on booktv on c-span2. the
later today, mitt romney will speak in jacksonville, florida. he is joined by jeb bush at the event. you can see that live starting at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that also will be on c-span. [applause] [inaudible conversations] okay, let's talk about the coolidge family during their white house years. we have these documents and several other documents in these boxes. several photographs are heavy. alvin should be in the back of the box here. here it is. unfortunately, it is on black civic's paper....
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romney and the republicans agree on the direction of the space program which is, as i said, commercial, delivery of astronauts, crude to the space station, and let nasa spend time and money looking into long distance deep space enterprises, and i think he's reaching out to the constituency, but experts looked at what he said, said it's unrealistic, taking away the credit card, and can't go back to the moon, especially on the scale he talked about, the eventual moon colony to become a state. i mean, we can't afford that. technology immense challenges and can't afford it financially. >> guest: comments on twitter about the plan for the moon -- this is bill king on twitter, if he invited all nations on earth to work together, it would get a lot of support, and also, public policy polling in north carolina did a poll on this issue, the question to the republican primary voters, would you support those establishing a colony on the moon. of 1087 likely republican primary voters, only 21% said they support it, 53% said they would oppose it, and 26% were not sure. do you think those numbers wo
romney and the republicans agree on the direction of the space program which is, as i said, commercial, delivery of astronauts, crude to the space station, and let nasa spend time and money looking into long distance deep space enterprises, and i think he's reaching out to the constituency, but experts looked at what he said, said it's unrealistic, taking away the credit card, and can't go back to the moon, especially on the scale he talked about, the eventual moon colony to become a state. i...
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mitt romney. they hold their primary on march 6th. two candidates on the ballot in virginia, mitt romney and ron paul. we, of course, will have results and candidate speeches tomorrow night on c-span. >> we senate majority leader harry reid today postponed a volt on legislation to target online piracy. the bill is called the protect ip act allowing legal action against websites involved in copyright infringement and intellectual property theft. >> as we were saying, the senate majority leader postponing vote on online piracy. yesterday, 5 group called net coalition held a briefing on the legislation, which they oppose, and this is an hour and 20 minutes. >> good morning, everybody. is everybody in the back ready to go with the equipment? cool to start in okay. thank you. good morning, everybody. i'm an attorney and serve as the net executive of net netcoalition.com. it's made of the big internet brands that have been engaged in the pipa and sopa debates, been involved with every piece of legislation with intellectual property and inte
mitt romney. they hold their primary on march 6th. two candidates on the ballot in virginia, mitt romney and ron paul. we, of course, will have results and candidate speeches tomorrow night on c-span. >> we senate majority leader harry reid today postponed a volt on legislation to target online piracy. the bill is called the protect ip act allowing legal action against websites involved in copyright infringement and intellectual property theft. >> as we were saying, the senate...
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and that was governor romney's finest moment in the campaign. the first debate thank you for being here. the title today is the future of the republican party. this assumes of course it has one. [laughter] let's start by talking about the election because you played a crucial role in ohio, and i want to give your sense we are now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome even right up to the evening of election day because they were showing something different than everybody else. is that true and really how surprised was the campaign? >> first was a very close election in ohio even if we want ohio it turns out that the electoral votes would have gone to president obama but we lost by two points in ohio. recall back in 2004 when john carey lost to george bush he would often say both publicly and to me on the floor of the senate and the people you could fit in the ohio stadium why would the president today. so it was a very narrow victory. i do think there were some reasons that were almost technical some as you understan
and that was governor romney's finest moment in the campaign. the first debate thank you for being here. the title today is the future of the republican party. this assumes of course it has one. [laughter] let's start by talking about the election because you played a crucial role in ohio, and i want to give your sense we are now seeing reports that the campaign was very surprised by the outcome even right up to the evening of election day because they were showing something different than...
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[laughter] and mitt romney is there for better or worse. and it is -- and in all seriousness, you know, when barack obama's parents got married in 1960, and it was in kenya -- it was, i'm sorry, it was in hawaii, it was not a freudian slip, that was just wrong. they got married in hawaii. there were people in prison in this country for racial intermarriage. i mean, that's no joke. it was illegal in 20 states in 1960, and it just gives you an idea of how much the country has changed in a good way. but right after richard nixon became president, four vacancies appeared on the supreme court. you never know how that's going to work. jimmy carter is the only president in american history to serve a full term without having a single nominee. there were no vacancies. but richard nixon was only president for five-and-a-half years. you'll recall he had to leave early, remember? laugh but he got four appointments to the supreme court because chief justice warren left, abe fordis, john harlan and hugo black left. and they were replaced by richard nixo
[laughter] and mitt romney is there for better or worse. and it is -- and in all seriousness, you know, when barack obama's parents got married in 1960, and it was in kenya -- it was, i'm sorry, it was in hawaii, it was not a freudian slip, that was just wrong. they got married in hawaii. there were people in prison in this country for racial intermarriage. i mean, that's no joke. it was illegal in 20 states in 1960, and it just gives you an idea of how much the country has changed in a good...